First, A Lesson In Home Security

Then, A Lesson In Caring

When Adrienne Neely and her teen-age daughter, Waylonda, returned from a concert to find their home had been robbed, they discovered they had lost more than just a few valuables.

Their sense of security and faith in human nature were missing, too.

But Sunrise police officer Steve T. Rabaglia was able to restore some of the former and all of the latter. According to Neely, her daughter couldn't understand "why anyone would want to do this to me."

"She is confined to a wheelchair, and I've been able to shield her from the atrocities some people in our society inflict on others," wrote Neely in her letter citing Rabaglia for a Random Act of Kindness.

Among the items taken were Waylonda's Nintendo game set and three games.

"Officer Rabaglia put her at ease and helped her deal with what happened, going far beyond the call of duty," wrote Neely. The officer also gave an on-the-spot seminar in home security to Neely and her neighbors.

The following day, Rabaglia went even further beyond the call of duty. He showed up at Neely's home with a new Super Nintendo set.

"He wanted Waylonda to know there are still good people in the world, and he asked me to tell her not to stay discouraged beacuse of what happened," wrote Neely. "His kind deed did more than that. In my efforts to comfort Waylonda, I had assured her that her Nintendo would be replaced by something better. An angel by the name of Steve Rabaglia of the Sunrise Police Dept. proved my prediction true and restored my faith in human nature."